Synonyms for raucous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : raw-kuhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɔ kəs

Top 10 synonyms for raucous

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Définition of raucous

Origin : 1769, from Latin raucus "hoarse" (also source of French rauque, Spanish ronco, Italian rauco), related to ravus "hoarse," from PIE echoic base *reu- "make hoarse cries" (cf. Sanskrit rayati "barks," ravati "roars;" Greek oryesthai "to howl, roar;" Latin racco "a roar;" Old Church Slavonic rjevo "I roar;" Lithuanian rekti "roar;" Old English rarian "to wail, bellow"). Middle English had rauc in the same sense, from the same source.

adj noisy, rough
adj rowdy

Example sentences :

"Cottonton" was a mass of frantic arms, raucous voices, white faces.
Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson

For a while, Oliver Symmes heard the raucous music of the crowd.
Extract from : « Life Sentence » by James McConnell

His voice was so deep and raucous that it seemed to jar the soles of her feet.
Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner

They roared the raucous song of freedom, and faster and faster they charged.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

Cochran's voice rose above the clamor of the room in a raucous whoop.
Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson

"I can't take issue with you here," he said with a raucous laugh.
Extract from : « Fibble, D. D. » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

She too was looking at the booth, she heard the man's monotonous, raucous cries.
Extract from : « The Elusive Pimpernel » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

But still unabated, agonised, raucous, came the sounds of Harran's breathing.
Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris

It was a raucous howl of execration, a bellow of rage, inarticulate, deafening.
Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris

From it the voice to the city is often a pious one, an impious one, and almost always a raucous one.
Extract from : « Americans All » by Various

Antonyms for raucous

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